Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Originally posted by: DeathBUA
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Quite sad, but I won't dance on their grave. They need to cut legacy costs, wages, and benefits so that they can build a decent dependable vehicle at a reasonable cost.
I used to be vehement about buying American made vehicles, but the quality of these vehicles have continued to go downhill. I never thought I would say this but at this point my next vehicle is going to be an import.
How has their quality went downhill...ironically some of the imports quality is/are starting to slip.
And yea....this suck for Ford but if you read the article, 10 billion of that loss was special charges which includes all those buyouts and whatnots.
Correct, why spread out 10 billion over a few years to make all those years look worse when you can do it all at once?
Exactly.
And another point....just cuz the company is losing money != loss of quality
in effort to *save money* they have used cheaper parts which will in effect undermine the quality.
don't get me wrong - i'm a Ford girl. i have owned nothing but Fords, but the issue i have had with my last Ford vehicle while my friends with their Hondas are happily driving everywhere and anywhere with no issues has really disillusioned me.
I'm not trying to be an ass but pretty much every company in any market tries to use the cheapest parts they can from suppliers.
And you having problems with one car means that someone driving a Honda has problems, someone driving a GM or Toyota or whatever will have problems with a car etc...I just think it's gotten to a point with the Media and whatnot to beat down the domestics. Sure they've been slow to adapt and not all their products are that great but it just annoys and saddens me that the media has to beat on the dead horse and continually put the domestics in bad light. It strikes me as border-line anti-American.....i mean where do the pride go in American products? It sucks
Whats worse is that my father has worked for Ford for 36 years..and I know how much of a blow this is to him...he's always been proud of his work and what his plant does. I'm sure this isnt how he wanted to retire...taking a buyout while watching Ford implode.